The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-28


promises of the United States of America will
buy as much hogs and homiry as any gold coin
from any mint Our credit by this operation
advanced that the bonds Of the United
States. bearing per cent. interest, will com
mand a higher premium in the market than the
bonds of any other nation of the world, not even
exce.tinc Great Britain. the richest of them all.
Wac did thiss The Republican party. Who
was benefited by it? The people of the United
States. Who was benefited mostl The work
ingmer of this country. The wealthy, the cap
italists, could get along anyhow; but the man
who was compelled to take this money for his
daily wages, he was the one most interested In
good money.
l might go indefinitely. Why, my coun-
trymen whenever any measure has been pro-
posed that would tend to advance the interests
of The workingmen of this country the Repub-
lical party has been eager to adopt it. Who
was it that provided for the Labor Bureauf The
Republican party. Who was it that recently
proposed to organize department Of agriculture
and labor2 The Republican party
Who was it that has passed any measure for
the good of the laboring men of this coultry ex-
cept the Re pu blcan partyl Name it, my Demo
cratic friends, If there are any here. l say it to
you frankly, with the full knowledge that if l
misstate anything will be called to full &C
count for it. No man could convict me of stat
ing anything falsely to the American people. l
know of no measure whatever, either proposed,
or advocated, adoped by the Democratic
party that could possibly contribute to the good
Of the people OF the United States for the last
twenty five years.
Why, nv countrymen, they appealed to us for
power. They said We had been in power for
twenty five years. and that was enough. They
thought there was time for a change, and the
people thought perhaps it was just as we'll TO
have q change, and so Wa had one. Who has
been benefited by thata They said they would
distribute the surplus money in the treasury.
They said there was enough money in the treas
try to give each family in the United States two
barrels of -four Have you got theml.
The Democratic party into power, and
| instead of distributing the money in the Treas
ury, they commenced to hoard more and more
money. When was Secretary of the Treasury
we adopted policy founded upon the most care
| full examination and the wisdom acquired by
centuries in the greet banking institutions OF
| the world. We thought it was only necessary
to hold 1920 900 900 $l40 0000. 900 in the Treas
ury In order to maintain resumption; but no
sooner did this Demo party come in then
| they commenced to hoard more and moro money
into the Treasury. until finally there was $780,
| menced to make y row about it and demanded
that this money should be issued, and then they
commenced issuing it slowly and by driblets
And now. my countrymen. with the prosperity
of our country, the money is still accommodating
in the Treasury, and it does not seem to give
them any concern. The debt is nearly paid off,
and it is the duty OF the Democratic party to
provide some means of reducing the surplus rev.
enue OF the country and to prevent the accnrnu-
| lation of money. But did they do i'll No. my
dali was at one end of the line ard Carlisle at
another; or, rather. they were like see-saw,
bobbing up and down, and they couldn't agree.
| They have the majority in the House of Rep
resentatives, but they never proposed any
| scheme by which they could get rid OF this sur
! plus money. When we were in power we looked
| ahead and when the revenues were likely TO ex-
coed the expenditures We would cut off revenues
hero and there. When the Democratic party
came into power they did not know what to do
| They cannot agree upon what to do.
Well, my countrymen. they said they were 60
| ing to turn the rascals out. What rascal have
| they turned QUIT On the contrary, when the
| Senate tried to probe Brother Cleveland with
all sorts of impairment questions, IS he thought
TO know why such person was to be put OUT
or why such other person was to be put in, and
| we wanted to find out what he was-was he a
| rascal or a thief-he would not tell compul-
sion. He was like Jack Falstsf-he would not
answer on compuIsion. and we could not tell
| why the men were turned out.
| We said very well. Tho people have given
| you the administration; take the offices, put in
| your men. but let it be understood that the men
| you turn out men of as high character
| are put in. And my countrymen, they have
yet to show that in all this vast army of Office
| holders there were either rascas, defaulters or
| thieves. But when they came to put III people
| there was good deal of trouble to do it. Their
records were not always very good, and 1t turned
out that Mr. Cleveland, although careful in the
performance of his duty. has been induced to
appoint more rascals and thieves than we're ever
|
| administration
They said they wanted TO examine the books
| to see whether We kept the accounts right
| Well, they got the books in their possession
| Have you heard that tho accounts were wrong3
Any complaints madea No. my countrymen.
In all these matters it shows that the Republican
party carefully protected the interests of the
| people,
Blu: do not intend to stop here could show
you by list of acts passed by the Republican
party for the benefit of the workingmen that
whenever at any time proposition was made in
Congress that would probably advance the in
terests of the worElngmen II was promptly at
tended to- taken up and acted upon and adopted.
/ remember among others there bill to
ganize a national bureau OF labor, which is row
in full operation, aud that bill is the work of the
Republican party. There was the eight-hour
law that was passed some years ago in Congress.
long before it was passed by our Ohio Legisla-
ture afterwards passed by the Republican party
in tine Ohio legislature to carry out the con-
eressional enactment, which provided that eight
hours should be days labor in absence of a
specific contract
There was a bill providing for arbitration, al
though think there was good deal of humbug
in that. 1t don't amount to anything in my
judgment. / don't think it is such an effective
, law as the laboring man can ask for. 1t was
sent to us by the Democratic House. Some OF
the organ zations thought it wise thing to
have il. 1t provides for the arbitration of diff
ferences when parties cannot agree. But in my
( judgment there ought to be, by the intelligent
application and experience between capital and
labor, some mode by which all these disputes
3 which arise between capital and labor might be
! adjusted without going to strikes. or force, or
compulsion or anything of that kind.
Q If the laborng men of this country, instead
of going into a separate party, where they coulC
not effect anything, will point out to us, the Re
publican party, who represent powerful
political organization, such a measure as, il
their judgment, will produce means. and prope
b and reasonable means, to effect a settlement O
all these disputes between capital and labor w,
Q will be as eager to grasp it any one could be
f Capital and labor are like husband and wife
f they like twin sisters; they cannot be separ
6 ated. Money is required TO start great business
d enterprises; labor is the foundation, the mean